Narrative Text

Generic Structure

Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are
introduced.
Complication : Where the problems in the story developed
Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved.

A Woman and the Wolves

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If
the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and
unsafe forest.
One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She
brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting
dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”
So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they
were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger,
but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young
woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on
the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.
Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had
offered her own son’s life to save her nephew.
They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and
went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange.
Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.
Read the text, then choose the best choice to each questions.
1. What separated between one village to 3. Who walked in front when they were in
another a long time ago in the New the forest ?
Territories ? a. Ah Tm
a. Another village b. The woman
b. Mountains c. The woman’s son
c. Forests d. Her brother’s nephew
d. Hills e. The baby and his mother
e. Towers and logs
4. How could the wolves catch Ah Tim ?
2. Who was Ah Tim ? a. He was afraid
a. The young woman’s brother b. He was stumbled by a stone
b. The young woman’s son c. He ran slowly
c. The young woman’s brother and d. The woman cried
nephew e. The wolves were good runners
d. The young woman’s brother’s son
e. One of the men who fetched a stick 5. The woman gave her son to the wolves
because
a. She loved her nephew than her son.
 b. She thought about how her brother c. Separated by untamed jungles.
would be d. Wild and unsafe
c. She wanted her son was eaten by e. Dark and very dangerous
the wolves
d. She was crazy
e. She kept a grudge on his brother 9. The brother let her son go with his aunt
as she left home because ….
6. What did the villagers bring sticks for ? a. Ah Tim wanted to see the wolves
a. For the weapon to beat the wolves b. His aunt wanted him to come long
b. To bring the woman’s nephew c. Ah Tim was bored to live with his
c. For the fire woods. parents
d. For play d. The baby was too cute to be alone
e. For building a house for the woman. e. Ah Tim would be a guardian for
them
7. “ all men in the village fetched thick
stick … “ the word “ fetched” has a 10. What is the purpose of the writer by
similar meaning to : writing the story above ?
a. Received a. To describe the danger of the
b. Caught villages
c. Got b. To entertain the readers of the story
d. Hit c. To tell the villagers’ relationship
e. Lifted d. To explain how important a relative
is
8. From the passage we learn that the e. To narrate how the wolves were
villages were ….
playing with the baby.
a. Located in one huge area
b. Situated in a large district

Recount Text

Generic structure:

Orientation tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it
happened.

Events tell what happened and in what sequence.

Reorientation consists of optional-closure of events/ending.

NIGHTMARE
"Don't eat just before going to bed!" my mother used to tell me. "You might get a nightmare."
How right she was. I never believed her until it happened to me.
It was on a night when I felt hungry just as I was about to go to bed. So I made myself a peanut-
butter sandwich and a large cold glass of milk. After consuming them I went to bed.
Soon I drifted off into a troubled sleep. I dreamt that I was with a group of people looking for an
old woman. I was not sure why we were looking for her but we all seemed afraid of her.
Somehow we had to find her. So there I was, searching high and low for her in frightful places I
had never been before. Sometimes I seemed to be flying while at other times I seemed unable
to move. The whole atmosphere was one of fear, like a dreadful horror-movie in which I was a
victim.
After some searching I entered a darkened room and saw a figure sleeping on a bed. As I got
nearer the figure suddenly threw away the blanket, got up and stared at me. It was an ugly old
woman with shiny golden teeth. She raised her claw-like fingers and walked towards me.
I wanted to run but was unable to. I tried to scream but found that I could not. In horror I
struggled and struggled to get away from the frightful woman.
The next moment I gave a muffled yell and found myself panting on my bed. My goodness, what
a horrible nightmare it was! For a minute or so I lay on my bed not daring to close my eyes for
fear of falling asleep again and continuing the nightmare. Then I sat up on my bed until the
horrible feeling passed. From then on I never eat just before going to sleep.
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1. Why did writer never eat again before
going to sleep? 3. “I never believed her until it happened
a. He was afraid being a fat boy. to me …”
b. He was afraid to meet an old The word „it” refers to …
woman. a. a bed.
c. He didn‟t want to have a trouble b. a nightmare.
sleep. c. a Sandwich .
d. He didn‟t want to get a horrible d. peanut butter.
nightmare.
4. What is the purpose of the writer to write
2. “The next moment I gave a muffled yell the text?
and …” a. To share a bad dream
The underlined word means … b. To describe an old woman
a. quiet and less clear. c. To retell a frightening experience
b. noisy and shooting. d. To advice not to eat before sleeping
c. loud and screaming.
d. forceful and talkative.
SONGS

1. Sosial Function of Songs

 To entertain the listeners.
 To teach moral value through the lyrics of the songs.
 To provide a way of managing the realitionship between our public and private emotional
life.
 To express personal feeling and cultural values.
 To give someone to not only shares their emotions with others, but also to have an
emotional connection that just can’t be experienced in any other way.
2. General Structure of Songs

a. Intro : The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic, and/or rhythmic related to the main
body of song.
b. Verse : It is the section of the song structure that tells the story.
c. Chorus of Refrain : A chorus is the most repeated section, so it’s the easiest remembered.
A chorus is the summary of the song’s story.
d. Break : A break is actually a brief “rest” or “pause” for the core melody within a song used to
add further dimension and excitement.
e. Bridge : This is the part of the song that shifts. It can suddenly change tempo, or volume, or
instrumentation. The bridge is the section that gives the audience time to reflect on the story, or
gives them the “climax” or conclusion of the story through verses and chorus
f. Outro or Coda : This is the end of the road for the song.

I used to think that I could not go on

And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I’m leaning on the everlasting arms
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me

1. What is the social function of the song?

2. Can you guess the title?
3. Write some sentence with connotation and denotation meaning